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Pregetter, M; Prassl, R; Schuster, B; Kriechbaum, M; Nigon, F; Chapman, J; Laggner, P.
Microphase separation in low density lipoproteins - Evidence for a fluid triglyceride core below the lipid melting transition
J Biol Chem. 1999; 274(3):1334-1341 Doi: 10.1074/jbc.274.3.1334 [OPEN ACCESS]
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Co-authors Med Uni Graz: Prassl Ruth
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Abstract:: The structural organization of the neutral lipid core in human low density lipoproteins (LDL) was investigated in physicochemically defined, distinct human LDL subspecies in the density range of 1. 0244-1.0435 g/ml by evaluation of the core lipid transition temperature, chemical composition, and the behavior of spin-labeled core lipids. Calorimetric studies were performed on more than 60 LDL preparations, and the transition temperature, which varied between 19 and 32 degreesC, was correlated to the chemical composition and revealed a discontinuity at a critical cholesteryl ester to triglyceride ratio of approximately 7:1. For electron spin resonance studies, several LDL preparations were probed with spin-labeled cholesteryl esters and triglycerides, respectively. In LDL with a high triglyceride content, both labels exhibited similar mobility behavior. In contrast, in LDL with only small concentrations of triglycerides, the behavior of labeled cholesteryl esters and labeled triglycerides differed distinctly. The cholesteryl esters were strongly immobilized below the transition temperature, whereas the triglycerides remained fluid throughout the measured temperatures. These results suggest that the critical cholesteryl ester to triglyceride mass ratio of 7:1 corresponds to two concentric compartments with a radial ratio of 2:1, where the liquid triglycerides occupy the core, and the cholesteryl esters form the frozen shell. At higher triglyceride contents, the triglyceride molecules insert into the cholesteryl ester shell and depress the peak transition temperature of the LDL core, whereas at lower triglyceride contents, excess cholesteryl esters are dissolved in the core.
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